Price: USD 45/person

Discover the so - called "Hanoi Hilton" - the infamous Hoa Lo Prison that housed POWs during the Vietnam War.

Explore the 1000 - year - old university at the Temple of Literature.

Enjoy and delicious Vietnamese lunch.

Visit one of Asia's top 25 museums - Women's Museum.

Have great chance to know how can buy local things in the market and the way to cook local food.

FULL ITINERARY:

08:15: Our guide will pick you up at your hotel and our tour start by visiting the most historical complex of the capital includes: The beloved Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Ba Dinh square where Ho Chi Minh president declared the independence for Vietnam on September 2nd 1945. Here you can witness objects and films about President Ho Chi Minh’s life and revolutionary work to find out more about the Vietnamese Hero of national liberation in Ho Chi Minh Museum.

10:00: Continue to visit to visit Hoa Lo Prison - was built in Hanoi by the French, in dates ranging from 1886-1889 to 1898 to 1901, when Vietnam was still part of French Indochina to hold Vietnamese prisoners, particularly political prisoners agitating for independence who were often subject to torture and execution. The Prison also is where American pilots who had been shot down and captured were kept as prisoners of war. The pilots called it, sarcastically, the "Hanoi Hilton". John McCain was held here at various times during his five and a half years as a POW.

11:00: Visit Temple of Literature [Van Mieu] for taking a look into its profound traditional meanings of both a Confucian temple and the first university of Vietnam - the heritage with unique architectural ensemble and beautiful sacred place. Where brings you a deeper understanding about Hanoi's years of culture and tradition.

12:15: Have lunch at traditional local Vietnamese Restaurant.

13:30: After lunch, you will enjoy a visit to the Women's Museum. It's listed among Asia's top 25 museums. The museum honors Vietnamese women throughout history and displays recent history as well. After all, you have a chance to see the role of Vietnamese women in the war and daily life in this special museum, this is a gender museum with functions of research, preservation, and display of tangible and intangible historical and cultural heritages of Vietnamese women and Vietnam Women's Union.

14:30: It's great chance to know how can buy local things and experience a variety of foods from all the groceries such as: herbs, spices, vegetables, meats, fishes, fruits which are so fresh. All things bring you very close to the simple life. You will have a fun time to communicate and use body language with locals, incredible and unforgettable memories. Then you will spend your time with an experience chef in the restaurant and try to make our local food by yourself.